Pull out several weapons (both automatic and semi-automatic) lay them on the table in front of a liberal judge and he will declare everything except handguns as assault weapons every time. The truth is they don’t know what one is. Nor do any liberals for that matter. They’d declare semi-automatic AR-15’s as an assault weapon every time.
I can promise you a 3-1/2" super magnum BB 12GA round will be far deadlier at 20 yards than one .223 round. That's 93 steel .18 "BBs" (nearly .22LR projectiles) at 1460 fps. Going to have to ban that too.
Heck do that with the vast majority of Americans who are not interested in firearms and you’ll find the same result. Doesn’t matter whether they’re conservative or liberal. If you haven’t handled firearms before or are ambivalent, then you probably don’t understand that.